“Everything she knew about him rushed through her mind like a tidal wave.”

“The calmness was fracturing, tendrils of fear seeping through her mind like ivy. Once the fear consumed her, she'd run.”

“Her gaze shifted away. "I don't remember my dreams anymore." It was like she was confessing a dirty secret. And maybe it was, because even though he hated the dreams, each time he had them, he was ...”

“Trees surrounded them from all sides, casting long inky shadows that would, at another time, have been scary. But there was no point in being scared of what might be lurking in the shadows when the...”

“Fear blossomed within her - not like a flower, but like blood welling from a gunshot wound, spreading throughout her entire body.”

“If she was going to die she wanted to go out with chocolate in one hand and a shopping bag in the other.”

“Her gaze shifted away. "I don't remember my dreams anymore." It was like she was confessing a dirty secret. And maybe it was, because even though he hated the dreams, each time he had them, he was ...”

“Life is about juggling obligations, Valerie. You need to study smarter, not harder.”

“If Im perplexed by the fact that Im constantly lost, maybe somewhere in my head Ive determined that being lost serves a greater purpose than being found.”

“I seem to be torn between 'I wish we'd met earlier' and 'I wish we'd never met'.”

“But what if hope had a threshold? What if there was a limit to it? What if each of us was only given a certain amount and mine was used up?”

“Freedom without the strength to support it and, if need be, defend it, would be a cruel delusion. And the strength to defend freedom can itself only come from widespread industrialisation and the i...”

“RUTH: If you take the glassIll take you.”

“Goals are easily scored with either a skillful strike or a strong one. If you make a strong strike, it's impossible for it to be defended by obstacles in your goal!”